Newsletter No. 16 The Japan Psychoanalytic Society Scientific activities, news and events: July to December 2019 Scientific Activities 1. Founding Symposium of JPS Allied Centre: “On Learning Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy” September 29, 2019 I. Opening Lecture: “Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Japan: Learning from its History and Culture” Lecturer: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Osamu Kitayama Chaired by Prof. Mizue Takahashi II. Main Symposium “On Learning Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy” Chaired by Dr. Aya Wakamatsu and Prof. Takeo Tanaka Speakers: Dr. Tomomi Suzuki, Prof. Dr. Akiyoshi Okada, Dr. Aki Takano Discussant: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Naoki Fujiyama III. Clinical Discussion: “Learning from Dialogue: Case Presentation and Discussion” Case 1: Chaired by Prof. Atsushi Yamazaki Case Presenter Dr. Hideyuki Nawata Discussant: Prof. Dr. Masatoshi Ikeda Case 2: Chaired by Dr. Yuji Kawabata Case Presenter Dr. Nobuo Aida Discussant: Dr. Eri Kono 1 / 7 2. Invited Lectures at the 65th Annual Congress of the Japan Psychoanalytical Association, October 18 - 20, 2019 1. Symposium: “Oedipus Complex in Today’s Clinical Practice” Chaired by Prof. Dr. Arata Oiji, with one co-chair Speakers: Dr. Yasuhiko Koga, and two other speakers Discussant: Prof. Dr. Naoki Fujiyama and Prof. Hiroyuki Myoki 2. Luncheon Seminar: “Talking about Psychoanalysis in the Northern Japan” Speakers: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Masahisa Nishizono, and another Of the eight Clinical Case Seminar Courses, three JPS members served as supervisors. Sixteen JPS members served as lecturers and chairs for fourteen educational seminars. There were more than 900 participants in the Annual Congress including psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and other professionals. As shown above, members of the JPS continued to play leading and integrative roles in this event as before. News 1. New associate member Candidate Dr. Yoshiya Takano was recommended by the JPS Training Committee and approved as associate members of JPS at the Tokyo and Fukuoka Meetings in December 2019. 2. New candidate Dr. Yoichi Iwanaga At present, the JPS has seven honorary members, seventeen full members, fifteen associate members and thirty-three candidates. Publications 1. An Encouragement of Psychodynamic Psychiatry: The Collected Papers of Rikihachiro Kano Vol. 2 by the late Dr. Rikihachiro Kano Edited by Prof. Dr. Akifumi Ikeda, Dr. Nobuo Aida and Prof. Dr. Naoki Fujiyama Kongo Shuppan, Tokyo, November 2019 2 / 7 2. Aspects of Psychoanalysis: Toward Clinical Pluralism by Prof. Dr. Soh Agatsuma Kongo Shuppan, Tokyo, November 2019 3. Bases of Psychoanalysis: Modern Psychoanalytic Basic Lecture, Vol. 2 Edited by Dr. Yasuhiro Koga and the Fukuoka Branch of the Institute of Psychoanalysis Kongo Shuppan, Tokyo, November 2019. 4. Translation: Tea with Winnicott by Brett Kahr by Prof. Hiroyuki Myoki, with one co-translator Jimbun Shoin, Kyoto, April 2019 3 / 7 5. Translation: Work with Parents: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents by John Tsiantis et al. by Ms. Machiko Tsuda (Editorial Translator), with one co-editorial translator Sogensha Inc., Osaka, August 2019 6. Translation: Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice by Glen O. Gabbard by Dr. Takashi Okudera, Dr. Seigen Gon and Prof. Dr. Akifumi Ikeda, et al. (Editorial Translators) Iwasaki Academic Publisher, Tokyo, October 2019 4 / 7 7. Translation: Mentalization-based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide by Anthony W. Bateman and Peter Fonagy by Prof. Dr. Akifumi Ikeda (Editorial Translator) Iwasaki Academic Publisher, Tokyo, October 2019 8. Translation: Consultations in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Peter Hobson by Dr. Osamu Fukumoto (Editorial Translator) Kongo Shuppan, Tokyo, November 2019 Seminars and Lectures 1. A one-day seminar for aspiring psychoanalysts September 23, 2019 in Tokyo Programme Lecturer: Prof. Hiroyuki Myoki Lecturer and Chairperson: Dr. Tomomi Suzuki Clinical discussion: Chaired by Dr. Tomomi Suzuki Case presenter: Dr. Satoko Kamo Discussion by Prof. Hiroyuki Myoki 5 / 7 2. A Higher Grade Advanced Seminar August 19, 2019 in Tokyo Programme Lecture: Freud’s Theory of Representation and the Expansion of Analytic Technique Lecturer: Dr. Howard Levine (Supervising Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England) Chairperson: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Kunihiro Matsuki 3. A Special Advanced Seminar December 28, 2019 in Tokyo Programme Lecture I Freud: Thought process and splitting of the ego Lecture II Freud~Kleinian ego psychology Lecturer and Chairperson: Dr. Hiroshi Amino (Member of the British Psychoanalytic Society) Case Supervision Presenter: Dr. Hideyuki Nawata Supervision by Dr. Hiroshi Amino 6 / 7 Events Past events Annual Business Meetings of the Tokyo and Fukuoka Branches of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, the JPS December 1, 2019 in Tokyo, and December 8, 2019 in Fukuoka The 1st JPS Kansai Region Business and Academic Meeting December 25, 2019 in Kyoto 7 / 7 .